How Do You Handle Conditional Webhooks When the Source Doesn’t Support Filters?

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Hello

I am building an automation in ActivePieces to process incoming webhook data from a legacy system that unfortunately does not allow filtering / customization of the payload. :innocent:

This means I get all the data; even if I only want to act on certain types for example; records where status = "approved" / where event_type = "new_user". :slightly_smiling_face:

Right now; I am using an “If” step in my flow to manually check those conditions but it’s starting to get messy as I add more logic branches. :innocent: I am wondering if there’s a cleaner way to pre-filter or preprocess incoming webhook data before it hits the main logic of my piece. :upside_down_face:

I checked Webhook Trigger - Activepieces guide related to this and found it quite informative. :slightly_smiling_face:

Has anyone used external tools like a small serverless function (via Make, n8n, or even Power Apps which made me curious recently about what is power apps good for in these cases) to sanitize data before handing it off to ActivePieces? :thinking:

Would love to hear how others are managing noisy webhook sources and keeping their flows clean and efficient. Any best practices / clever workarounds would be appreciated!

Thank you !! :slightly_smiling_face:

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You can apply multiple conditions in one branch to avoid creating multiple logic branches. For example: status = 'approved' AND event_type = 'new_user'.